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56 points jxmorris12 | 5 comments | 24 Jun 25 16:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.679s | source

1. madcaptenor ◴[24 Jun 25 17:05 UTC] No.44368366[source]▶

This has been here before, but nice to see it again.

If only this answered the great puzzle of San Francisco street names - why are the state-named streets in Potrero Hill and the Mission in that order?

2. dang ◴[24 Jun 25 18:05 UTC] No.44368972[source]▶

So it has! Macroexpanded:

Interactive map shows history of San Francisco place names - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16747029 - April 2018 (1 comment)

History of San Francisco Place Names - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5628182 - April 2013 (29 comments)

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3. thrownblown ◴[24 Jun 25 20:27 UTC] No.44370670[source]▶

Wow, over a decade of HN relevance!

4. derwiki ◴[25 Jun 25 02:51 UTC] No.44373252[source]▶

I presume it was the order the respective ships were built/launched.

NB: the streets are named after ships that are named after states

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5. madcaptenor ◴[25 Jun 25 13:07 UTC] No.44376877[source]▶

I've seen people say that, but I've also seen that the timing doesn't work out (the streets came before the ships), so I don't know what to believe.

SFStreets: History of San Francisco place names